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Richard Brooks
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Hello, Good Evening, Welcome...to nothing much. Music. Comedy. Beer. #cafc. Travelling On Buses. Reading the graffiti about slashed seat affairs. Tawdry Roberts.
Look at Suki’s little cone! At least she’s back home now.
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Ah, mate. Thank you. And right back at you!
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“Hello Donald! You’re through to Matt Bianco.”
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Reposted by Richard Brooks
Ian McCulloch, Gary Wilmot and Stephen Fry
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Both were supposedly about Maria McKee, but You Little Thief’s songwriter debunked that over 10 years ago. christt.com/words/my-fav...
My favourite songwriting myth debunked – Chris T-T
For years, one of my favourite songwriting anecdotes has been this story, about Fergal Sharkey’s two big 1980s hits. It goes like this: Sharkey’s massive solo smash ‘A Good Heart’ was written by Maria...
christt.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Wiki is wrong on this, it came out w/c of 18 Nov, and first charted w/e 30 Nov.
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Indeed. Susan Maughan was 24.
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Yes, I’d definitely consider Maughan a One Hit Wonder, although technically she had two other songs which charted in the UK Top 50. Susan probably exploited her one hit wonder fame more than most: She was still appearing on UK TV and in pantomimes well into the 1980s.
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM